hperrin
@hperrin@lemmy.ca
- Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge? 7 hours ago:
It’s been a long time since I learned, so I don’t remember exactly what I used, but at a cursory glance, this one looks good:
- Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge? 1 day ago:
If you want to ride a bike, you need to learn to balance on a bike. That will never change. You don’t need to be a professional cyclist.
If you want to self host, you need to learn some basic administration, and that includes the terminal. That will never change. You don’t need to be a professional server administrator.
You might be able to get by with some hand holdy solution that offers a few things you can do, but just like riding a scooter is much more limited than riding a bike, using a turnkey solution is much more limited than setting up your own server.
Imagine wanting to self host but refusing to learn how to forward a port. There are just some things you need to learn. Like I said in my original comment, the terminal is not as scary as people make it sound. Right now, you are the person making it sound scary.
- Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge? 1 day ago:
No. You really don’t want to self host unless you are pretty familiar with how these services work. Otherwise, you’re just setting yourself up to get hacked.
- Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge? 1 day ago:
If you’re afraid of the terminal, you won’t get far in self hosting. You should learn to use the terminal. It’s not as scary as people make it sound.
- Comment on Elon Musk's Social Platform X has filed a lawsuit agains Minnesota, challenging a law banning political deepfakes 3 days ago:
“How will we win if we can’t cheat?”
- Comment on Linux help and actual pros and cons 3 days ago:
Yes. It’s really good at that actually. The browser can be cumbersome, but it’s not too bad for just basic browsing with a controller. I wouldn’t want to write an article on it, though. xD
- Comment on Linux help and actual pros and cons 3 days ago:
If you’re going to dual boot, the latest version of Fedora makes that really easy to set up. Linux Mint is also a really good choice. For the love of god, avoid Ubuntu like the plague. It is not user friendly anymore. If you ever have to look up a guide on how to set up Flatpak, you’re in the wrong distro. Flatpaks should be front and center in the software center.
Btw, you don’t download installers from the internet like you do with Windows. You install software from the software app. On Gnome, it’s called Software, and on KDE, it’s called Discover. Fedora offers both Gnome and KDE. Since you’re new to Linux, I’d recommend KDE. It’s similar to the Windows layout.
Then Mint uses Cinnamon. It’s similar to a Windows layout. I don’t know what the software app is called. Cinnamon is really user friendly and familiar. You’d like it.
Since Linux is free and easy to installed, you can try out all three and see which one you like. If you’re dual booting, that might be a bad idea, so instead, try them out using VirtualBox in Windows.
- Comment on Smh being fired for police work 4 days ago:
Too many.
- Comment on Smh being fired for police work 4 days ago:
Good to know it’s not just US cops who are pieces of shit.
- Comment on I LOVE POTATO SALAD 4 days ago:
“Too late. Potato salad with mayo or without?”
(Source: Google Translate)
- Comment on Ukraine talks downgraded in London as Kyiv rejects Trump’s ‘final offer’ 5 days ago:
But Trump said he could end the war in 24 hours. Is Trump a… a… liar? shockedpikachu.jpg
- Comment on Game Boy clone maker Anbernic suspends all shipments to US 6 days ago:
Is this copypasta? This smells like copypasta.
- Comment on What to do once your Surface Hub v1 becomes an 84-inch, $22K paperweight 1 week ago:
GIVE IT TO ME I WILL TAKE IT
- Comment on Mexico's Sheinbaum Counters Trump Deportations With Tens of Thousands of Jobs for Returned Citizens 1 week ago:
Mexico may very well be the next shining city on the hill.
- Comment on In the not too distant past this was a thing 1 week ago:
That’s really cool!
- Comment on In the not too distant past this was a thing 1 week ago:
Oh, I love skeleton watches! Beautiful!
- Comment on In the not too distant past this was a thing 1 week ago:
The style, yeah, but this is a modern one.
- Comment on In the not too distant past this was a thing 1 week ago:
A photo of my current watch as I’m wearing it right now.
- Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client 2 weeks ago:
Bazzite runs the SteamOS interface. It’s extremely user friendly. It’s designed to look like a console.
- Comment on Anyone remember Courage? 2 weeks ago:
You’re not perfect.
- Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client 2 weeks ago:
They don’t use it unless my dad is watching a perfectly legal sports stream in the browser. It works really well though. I have 3 of those remotes, cause I love them.
- Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client 2 weeks ago:
For my parents, I got a $150 N100 mini PC, installed Bazzite, installed Jellyfin, and got the Pepper Jobs W10 Gyro remote. You have to configure Jellyfin to know it’s running on a TV and to accept keyboard input (the remote acts like a keyboard), but then everything works great. It’s a little over your budget, with the added remote.
- Comment on Do it 2 weeks ago:
No I will not do that, because the last song I heard was Kids by MGMT.
- Comment on Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN 2 weeks ago:
I was on the fence about Switch 2, leaning toward not getting one. This just solidified that position. No way I’m paying for something that charges for the instruction manual.
- Comment on Open-Source is Just That 3 weeks ago:
I agree that Discord blows, but it’s what my users use, and it’s free. Maybe there are free Matrix servers I could use instead of hosting it myself, but the problem is still that my users want a Discord server. Basically the same reason I use GitHub. It at least doesn’t blow, like Discord, but it’s not open. I’d prefer to use something else, but I’d get less user interaction. Hopefully once Codeberg’s federation is complete, that will change. Thank you for being kind. :)
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 3 weeks ago:
Power Operations -> Po Op -> Poop
Perfect.
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 3 weeks ago:
Sounds nice. I would use it. Keep is one of the last Google services I still use.
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 3 weeks ago:
Naming software is one of the hardest problems in all of software development.
- Comment on New Jellyfin Server/Web release: 10.10.7 3 weeks ago:
My friend who’s been praising Plex for years and making fun of me for using Jellyfin instead just told me the other day he’s thinking about switching. It’s their new subscription fee that finally did it. xD
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 3 weeks ago:
New GPUs don’t work on Linux? Where did you get that idea from?
